Category Archives: david jansen

The Edward Bond Festival With Alan Dilworth & Maev Beaty

alan dilworth, edward bond, maev beaty I had the pleasure of chatting with Toronto-based director and playwright, Alan Dilworth and his lovely wife, actor and playwright Maev Beaty, via Skype (Toronto-Banff-Halifax) about their theatre company Sheep No Wool’s latest venture: … Continue reading

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Cloud 9: A Comedy of Multiple Orgasms

blair williams and ann-marie macdonald There’s a quote from Holden Caulfield in J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye where he says, “What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re all done reading it, you wish the … Continue reading

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Mooning Over Misbegotten

jenny wright and david jansen I think that when Ontarian lawyer and playwright Brian Doherty first envisioned what would become the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake in 1962, he must have been imagining the production of a show like A Moon … Continue reading

Posted in billy lake, christine poddubiuk, david jansen, eugene o'neill, jenny young, jim mezon, joseph ziegler, patrick mcmanus, shaw festival | 2 Comments

Ubuntu Bursts with Rhythm and Heart

Ubuntu is a South African word that is loosely translated to “I am because you are,” a sentiment that not only pulsates through the collective creation of the same name ending its run at Tarragon Theatre tomorrow and opening at … Continue reading

Posted in andile nebulane, daryl cloran, david jansen, holly lewis, mbulebo grootboom, michelle monteith, tarragon theatre | Leave a comment